diff --git a/libexec/trick/make_makefile_swig b/libexec/trick/make_makefile_swig
index 37abefaf..addc2a0e 100755
--- a/libexec/trick/make_makefile_swig
+++ b/libexec/trick/make_makefile_swig
@@ -377,6 +377,8 @@ py_%.cpp: %.i
     }
     open INITFILE , ">trick/__init__.py" or return ;
 
+    print INITFILE "from pkgutil import extend_path\n" ;
+    print INITFILE "__path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)\n" ;
     print INITFILE "import sys\n" ;
     print INITFILE "import os\n" ;
     print INITFILE "sys.path.append(os.getcwd() + \"/trick\")\n" ;
diff --git a/pymods/trick/__init__.py b/pymods/trick/__init__.py
index e69de29b..3ad9513f 100644
--- a/pymods/trick/__init__.py
+++ b/pymods/trick/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+from pkgutil import extend_path
+__path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)
diff --git a/trick_source/sim_services/InputProcessor/IPPython.cpp b/trick_source/sim_services/InputProcessor/IPPython.cpp
index 8de087a6..4d2fd02f 100644
--- a/trick_source/sim_services/InputProcessor/IPPython.cpp
+++ b/trick_source/sim_services/InputProcessor/IPPython.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ int Trick::IPPython::init() {
      "import struct\n"
      "import binascii\n"
      "sys.path.append(os.getcwd())\n"
+     "sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.environ['TRICK_HOME'], 'pymods'))\n"
      "sys.path += map(str.strip, os.environ['TRICK_PYTHON_PATH'].split(':'))\n"
      "import trick\n"
      "sys.path.append(os.getcwd() + \"/Modified_data\")\n"